IBM PC Connecting to DECNET

[Glen Slick]

On Wed, Jun 1, 2022, 6:52 AM Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

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> > On Jun 1, 2022, at 5:53 AM, Warner Losh via cctech <
> cctech at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >
> > ...
> > I believe the DEPCA was based on the venerable
> > SONIC chipset, but it may have been the LANCE. It wasn't NE-2000
> compatible
> > (that came later) :).
>
> LANCE seems plausible, or perhaps one of the later chips designed by DEC
> Jerusalem (SGEC etc.).  What's a SONIC?
>
> The non-LANCE non-DEC Ethernets I remember are in the DEUNA (no idea
> what), QNA (Fujitsu???) and CNA (Intel 82586, *groan*).  The LANCE was
> designed well, with a fair amount of DEC input, and the subsequent
> internally produced chips were constructed along similar lines.  Once DEC
> learned  how to make them at not quite insane cost, they became a very good
> choice and were generally used in DEC products.
>
>         paul
>

The DEPCA did use the AMD Lance Am7990.

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